Sunday, March 10, 2013
ND Freshman QB Training in Arizona This Week
Malik Zaire, one of the top HS QB's in the country, enrolled early this past January as a student-athlete at the University of Notre Dame. This week he's in Arizona (SPRING BREAK) with Irish teammates; Louis Nix, Kendall Moore and Davonte Neal getting some training in for ND's upcoming Spring Football...
He caught up with a reporter from Rivals yesterday -- you'll be impressed...
LINK: MALIK ZAIRE
Notre Dame Glee Club's Spring Tour This Week
If you live close to one of the communities listed below this week -- you will have the opportunity to see the Notre Dame Glee Club perform!
They are wonderful!
The Glee Club is on the road performing in seven states during Notre Dame's Spring Break. Friday night they performed in Chicago, Saturday in Madison, WI and here's where you can find them today and for the balance of the tour:
- TODAY -- Minneapolis, MN
- Monday -- Fargo, ND
- Tuesday -- Bismarck, ND
- Wednesday -- Great Falls, MT
- Thursday -- Billings, MT
- Friday -- Denver, CO
- Saturday -- Omaha, NE
LINK: NOTRE DAME GLEE CLUB TOUR DATES
Regis Philbin '53 Has New Gig With Fox Sports
The man is amazing...
He's 81 years YOUNG and he's taking on a new broadcasting job. Notre Dame alum Regis Philbin will be debuting a new sports talk show on Fox's new sports network called Fox Sports 1 -- August 19, 2013. Fox Sports 1 will replace the Speed Channel on cable.
Here's a clip of Regis talking about his new gig:
LINK: REGIS IS BACK!
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Coach Kelly Talks With the South Bend Tribune
University of Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly sat down for an interview with South Bend Tribune beat writer Eric Hansen. It was the first one-on-one interview Coach Kelly has given since the Alabama game...
LINK: COACH KELLY TALKS
Notre Dame Student's Book For Sale at Amazon
Katie Mattie '14 -- a student at the University of Notre Dame -- can now add AUTHOR to her resume! Her book "M.A.J.I.C. and the Oracle at Delphi" is available for sale on Amazon and the Hammes Notre Dame Bookstore.
I first wrote about Katie on the ND GO IRISH BLOG back in July 2011 -- after learning about her valedictory speech at Ypsilanti High School -- click here for that story.
You'll love to learn about Katie's work ethic and determination -- over a five year period -- to get her first book published! You'll see the story on her website linked below.
Katie -- I'm a huge fan!
(The bottom photo is of Katie and her proud Mom Barb -- at a book signing for bookstores in her hometown)
LINK: KATIE'S WEBSITE
LINK: BUY KATIE'S BOOK
The #1 Sign Back Atop Notre Dame's Grace Hall
I was driving through campus Thursday night and I noticed the #1 sign was lit atop Grace Hall -- signifying that, once again, a Notre Dame team was ranked #1 in the nation...
The Women's Fencing team moved to #1 in the country with their win this past weekend at the Midwest Fencing Conference championships. Congratulations!
LINK: ND WINS CHAMPIONSHIP
LINK: NATIONAL RANKINGS
Irish Play Louisville Today at 4 PM ET on CBS
Rumor has it that CBS has alerted their affiliates that their Saturday "prime time" programming could be in jeopardy...
The #24 ranked Fighting Irish travel to Louisville this afternoon to play the #8 ranked Cardinals in a game that just might extend beyond the normal 40 minutes for a college basketball game.
FIVE OF THE LAST SIX GAMES BETWEEN THESE TWO TEAMS HAVE GONE INTO OVERTIME. You can't make that up!
Fortunately, the IRISH are 3 - 2 in those games, including the historic FIVE OT win last month.
Tip-off is scheduled for 4 PM ET and the game will be televised nationally by CBS.
LINK: GAME PREVIEW
LINK: SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE
LINK: COURIER JOURNAL -- LOUISVILLE
The #24 ranked Fighting Irish travel to Louisville this afternoon to play the #8 ranked Cardinals in a game that just might extend beyond the normal 40 minutes for a college basketball game.
FIVE OF THE LAST SIX GAMES BETWEEN THESE TWO TEAMS HAVE GONE INTO OVERTIME. You can't make that up!
Fortunately, the IRISH are 3 - 2 in those games, including the historic FIVE OT win last month.
Tip-off is scheduled for 4 PM ET and the game will be televised nationally by CBS.
LINK: GAME PREVIEW
LINK: SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE
LINK: COURIER JOURNAL -- LOUISVILLE
Plenty of Speculation on ND's Next Move...
With the news this week that the Catholic 7 had reached agreement with the BIG EAST -- to take their ball elsewhere and the conference's name too...
The focus turned to how quickly would Notre Dame depart to the ACC. Here's the latest media speculation:
LINK: ESPN
LINK: SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE
LINK: NBC SPORTS
LINK: THE SPORTING NEWS
Friday, March 8, 2013
IRISH Sweep All Three Major Big East Honors!
The Notre Dame's women's basketball team swept the three major awards given out by the Big East Conference today:
- Player of the Year: Skylar Diggins
- Freshman of the Year: Jewell Loyd
- Coach of the Year: Muffet McGraw
Congratulations!!!
LINK: UND.COM VIDEO
LINK: PRESS CONFERENCE
LINK: NOTRE DAME SWEEPS!
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Notre Dame #1 College for Graduating Students
Money Magazine just released a ranking of all of the colleges and universities in America -- as to their proficiency in graduating its students in a four year period...
And, the #1 school in the country for graduating its students in four years is -- THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME!
Here's a ranking of the top ten schools:
- UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
- Georgetown University
- University of Pennsylvania
- Boston College
- Harvard
- Duke
- Northwestern
- Cornell
- Washington University
- Vanderbilt
LINK: RANKINGS OF ALL SCHOOLS
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Cardinal Dolan -- Commencement Speaker !!!
The New York media affectionately calls him the "Holy Bulldozer..."
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops was announced today as the principal speaker and recipient of an honorary degree at the University of Notre Dame's 168th Commencement Ceremony.
Here's the link to the official news release -- along with a second link to a CBS 60 Minutes interview of Cardinal Dolan:
LINK: OFFICIAL RELEASE
LINK: 60 MINUTES INTERVIEW
84th Annual Blue Gold Game Tickets On Sale!
The Fighting Irish football team will take the field again on April 20, 2013 at Notre Dame Stadium in the 84th Annual Blue Gold Game. And, tickets went on sale today. Here's the link for more information:
LINK: BLUE GOLD GAME TICKETS
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Belichick Leads Impressive List to Speak at ND!
Looks like Coach Kelly's three days on the golf course in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am -- in a group with New England Patriot's head coach Bill Belichick -- has paid some dividends...
Notre Dame just announced that the Super Bowl Champion coach will headline a list of impressive coaches who will be presenters at the Notre Dame Football Coaches Clinic -- April 11- 13. Here's the scheduled speakers beyond Coach Kelly and his staff:
- Bill Belichick -- New England Patriots head coach
- Marv Lewis -- Cincinnati Bengals head coach
- Marc Trestman -- Chicago Bears head coach
- Chris Ault -- former University of Nevada head coach
- Saw Wyche -- former Cincinnati Bengals head coach
- Andy Heck -- Kansas City Chiefs offensive line coach
If you're interested in attending the Notre Dame Football Coaches Clinic -- click on the link below!
LINK: NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL COACHES CLINIC
The Mornin' After Notre Dame's 3 OT Win!
It's the best rivalry in women's college sports -- Notre Dame vs. UCONN...
And, last night's 3 OT game was just another in a long line of great games between these two powers.
Took a lap around the web this morning to see what the media had to say about the IRISH's big win last night to earn a second straight Big East Regular Season Championship -- just click on the links below:
LINK: HARTFORD COURANT #1
LINK: HARTFORD COURANT #2
LINK: ESPN'S GRAHAM HAYS
LINK: SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE
LINK: THE DAY -- CONNECTICUT
LINK: NEW HAMPSHIRE REGISTER
LINK: BIG EAST WEBSITE
Monday, March 4, 2013
The IRISH Have Geno's Number -- 3 OT Win!
It was a classic. Two of the top three teams in the country -- going 3 OT's before the IRISH pull away and win by a score of 96 - 87.
Notre Dame became the first team in two decades to beat UCONN six times in a seven game period. IMPRESSIVE!
Skylar Diggins played every one of the 55 minutes in her last game in front of the hometown crowd -- a gutsy, gutsy performance!
Skylar and Kayla McBride each put up big numbers -- Diggins scored 29 and Kayla put in 26 before fouling out in the 2nd overtime.
Here's a video of Skylar talking to the crowd before leaving the Purcell Pavilion floor for the last time in a Notre Dame uniform.
LINK: POST GAME PRESS CONFERENCE
LINK: GAME HIGHLIGHTS
LINK: ESPN COVERAGE
LINK: PHOTO GALLERY
Unique Visitor Count Exceeds 600,000 !!!
At approximately 11:57 AM ET today, a Notre Dame fan from Hastings, Nebraska -- became unique visitor #600,000 at the ND GO IRISH BLOG!
Not bad for "one guy" on a MAC -- since its launch 1,133 days ago...
To put this in perspective -- if the ND GO IRISH BLOG were a city, a population of 600,000 would place it as the 28th largest city in AMERICA! Here's a snapshot:
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Thanks for making the ND GO IRISH BLOG one of your daily sources for positive news about Notre Dame and its students, alumni, faculty, staff, parents and friends/fans !
Skylar's Last Stand @ Notre Dame -- Tonight!
Notre Dame All-American and "ALL EVERYTHING" Skylar Diggins -- will play in her last game in front of the home crowd and home town tonight.
And, she couldn't have a better opponent -- UCONN.
It's #2 vs. #3 -- on the last night of the BIG EAST season. Plenty at stake including BIG EAST and NCAA Tournament seeding -- going to be quite an evening at Purcell Pavilion. You can watch tonight's game on ESPN2 -- tip off slated for 7 PM ET.
Here's what the media has to say about Skylar and tonight's contest:
LINK: NEW YORK TIMES
LINK: ESPNW
LINK: WNDU-TV
LINK: CONNECTICUT POST
LINK: SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Samardzija Gets Opening Day Start for Cubs!
He sure made a good choice picking baseball...
Former Notre Dame All-American "wide receiver" Jeff Samardzija was just named the Opening Day starter for the Chicago Cubs. Congratulations Jeff!
LINK: SAMARDZIJA -- OPENING DAY!
LINK: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
LINK: VIDEO FROM INTERVIEW LAST WEEK
Irish Beat BG -- End Up Second in CCHA
Well, we needed the following to happen last night in college hockey to win the CCHA regular season title:
- Notre Dame beats Bowling Green -- CHECK!
- Michigan State beats Western Michigan -- CHECK!
- Ohio State beats Miami -- NOPE!
So, the IRISH end up in second place in the final CCHA regular season standing -- earning Notre Dame a first round bye in the CCHA tournament. The Irish will host a second round game the weekend of March 15 - 17 against the second lowest seeded team to advance.
Here's a link to the final CCHA regular season standings -- along with game highlights:
LINK: GAME HIGHLIGHTS
LINK: CCHA STANDINGS
Will It Be the ACC, Big East or the Catholic 7?
The news broke this past week that seven Catholic school members of the Big East would break away as early as next season to start their own conference. This move would more than likely be the end to the Big East -- or, will it?
Rumor has it that the "Catholic 7" already have a TV deal with Fox.
Over the past few days -- word started to leak out that the "Catholic 7" would take the Big East name with them -- and, start their new conference next season. So, where does that leave Notre Dame with its timetable to move to the Atlantic Coast Conference?
Here's what the media is saying:
LINK: SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE
LINK: ESPN
LINK: NEW YORK POST
LINK: SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
LINK: USA TODAY
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Manti Te'o Honored Last Night in Atlantic City
Notre Dame All-American linebacker Manti Te'o was honored last night at the Maxwell Football Club dinner in Atlantic City. Here's some of the media coverage:
LINK: CHICAGO TRIBUNE
LINK: DELAWARE DAILY TIMES
LINK: WALL STREET JOURNAL
LINK: NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
LINK: YAHOO SPORTS
Notre Dame Hoops on ESPN Today at 2 PM ET
The #21 ranked Fightin' Irish of Notre Dame will be in downtown Milwaukee this afternoon to take on #22 ranked Marquette -- in a huge BIG EAST game for both teams.
When I think of ND vs. Marquette -- I think of Al McGuire and Digger Phelps...
Marquette has been 'unbeatable' at home -- winning 24 straight.
The game will be televised on ESPN -- with tip-off slated for 2 PM ET.
LINK: GAME PREVIEW
A Story -- The Irish Bagpiper
ND GO IRISH BLOG regular -- and my cousin, Mike Doyle (Holland, MI) -- shared this story with me. I liked it so much that I had to share it with all of you.
THE IRISH BAGPIPER
Stiofain Gael MacGeough popped in and shared a great story with us...
As a bagpiper, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man. He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at a pauper’s cemetery in the back country. As I was not familiar with the backwoods, I got lost and, being a typical man, I didn’t stop for directions.
I finally arrived an hour late and saw the funeral guy had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere in sight. There were only the diggers and crew left and they were eating lunch.
I felt badly and apologized to the men for being late. I went to the side of the grave and looked down and the vault lid was already in place. I didn’t know what else to do, so I started to play.
The workers put down their lunches and began to gather around. I played out my heart and soul for this man with no family and friends. I played like I’ve never played before for this homeless man.
And as I played ‘Amazing Grace,’ the workers began to weep. They wept, I wept, we all wept together. When I finished I packed up my bagpipes and started for my car. Though my head hung low, my heart was full.
As I opened the door to my car, I heard one of the workers say, “I never seen nothin’ like that before and I’ve been putting in septic tanks for twenty years.”
Apparently, I’m still lost…
Got to Love These Gold Hockey Helmets!
This photo was taken by the University of Notre Dame's Matt Cashore from last night's hockey game against Bowling Green. The Fightin' Irish are in third place -- with an outside chance to still finish first in the last season of CCHA hockey.
The regular season ends tonight -- to win the CCHA regular season title; ND needs to beat Bowling Green, Ohio State needs to beat Miami and Michigan State needs to beat Western Michigan University. GO IRISH!
National Rankings for Notre Dame Teams !!!
I'm not sure if Notre Dame has ever kept track of things like this -- but, you have to ask -- has there ever been an academic year when more Irish teams have been ranked in the top-25 than this one?
15 of Notre Dame's 24 NCAA Division I athletic teams are ranked in the top-25 this academic year -- four others have been or will be (as you'll see below) -- incredible!
Look at this:
- Women's basketball: #2 ranking in the country
- Men's Lacrosse: #2 ranking in the country
- Women's Fencing: #2 ranking in the country
- Men's Fencing: #2 ranking in the country
- Football: #4 ranking in the country
- Women's Lacrosse: #7 ranking in the country
- Men's Soccer: #8 ranking in the country
- Hockey: #11 ranking in the country
- Women's Soccer: #13 ranking in the country
- Women's Swimming & Diving: #18 ranking in the country
- Women's Cross Country: #18 ranking in the country
- Women's Tennis: #18 ranking in the country
- Men's Basketball: #21 ranking in the country
- Baseball: #22 ranking in the country
- Women's Golf: #25 ranking in the country
In addition:
- Notre Dame's women's rowing team is coming off a season where they were ranked #15 in the country -- the rankings for this season will be released soon
- Notre Dame's women's volleyball team was ranked, for a time, in the top-25 this academic year
- Notre Dame's men's tennis team has been ranked in the top-25 this academic year (season on-going)
- Notre Dame's men's swimming team has been ranked in the top-25 this academic year (season on-going)
Friday, March 1, 2013
Sports Illustrated's Latest NFL Mock Draft
SI's Don Banks released his latest look at the 2013 NFL Draft. Unfortunately, there's only one Notre Dame player being drafted in the First Round of his mock draft.
LINK: MOCK DRAFT
Will We Soon See Brady Quinn in Jets Uniform?
The talk the last 24 hours is free agent QB Brady Quinn -- could be heading to the New York Jets. The Jets hired David Lee as their QB coach and he's apparently a big fan of Quinn. If Brady were to join the Jets -- this would be his fourth NFL team in seven NFL seasons.
LINK: CBS STORY
LINK: ESPN STORY
LINK: NEWSDAY STORY
LINK: JETS 101
LINK: USA TODAY
LINK: CBS STORY
LINK: ESPN STORY
LINK: NEWSDAY STORY
LINK: JETS 101
LINK: USA TODAY
Watch Bengal Bouts LIVE Tonight at 7 PM ET
Notre Dame's 82nd Annual Bengal Bouts' championship fights will be broadcast live via ESPN3 tonight at 7 PM ET. To watch it on your computer -- just click on the link below.
Here's a photo of the ring inside an empty Purcell Pavilion -- hours before tonight's fight.
LINK: BENGAL BOUTS -- WATCH LIVE HERE AT 7 PM ET
LINK: BOUTS -- PREVIEW
LINK: BENGAL BOUTS HISTORY
The Nation's #1 Business School Has a DEAN!
The University of Notre Dame announced this morning that Roger Huang -- the interim dean of the Mendoza College of Business -- has had the interim label removed -- and is now the Martin J. Gillen Dean of the college.
The Mendoza College of Business has been ranked the #1 undergraduate business school in the country for three straight years by Bloomberg Businessweek.
Here's a link to the official release:
LINK: HUANG NAMED DEAN
The Mendoza College of Business has been ranked the #1 undergraduate business school in the country for three straight years by Bloomberg Businessweek.
Here's a link to the official release:
LINK: HUANG NAMED DEAN
Thursday, February 28, 2013
ND Women's Hoops New Adidas Tourney Gear
The #2 ranked Notre Dame women's basketball team unveiled their new Adidas "gear" for the upcoming Big East Tournament and NCAA Tournament.
I noticed there won't be any "shamrock conspiracy theorists" with this jersey!
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
ESPN's ND Blogger Spring Practice Preview
Matt Fortuna, ESPN's Notre Dame blogger -- posted a video today of what he'll be looking for this spring when the Fightin' Irish football team hits the practice field.
LINK: SPRING PREVIEW
LINK: SPRING PREVIEW
Gus Welsh's Notre Dame Story -- Must Read!
Folks, I ran across this story this morning at the DAILY DOMER -- Notre Dame's daily storytelling platform. And, I will admit -- I wiped away a tear or two.
LINK: GUS WELSH -- A NOTRE DAME STORY
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Skylar Diggins Scores 24 on ND's Senior Night
She will walk away from Notre Dame, in a few weeks, as one of the greatest ever to wear an IRISH jersey -- in any sport.
Skylar Diggins played her "second to last" game in front of the home crowd at Purcell Pavilion tonight - and she put on a first half show, scoring 20 points keeping the #2 ranked Fightin' Irish in the game with #22 Syracuse. Here are the highlights of Notre Dame's 79 - 68 win!
LINK: GAME HIGHLIGHTS
Mike Broghammer Wins Semi-Finals Bout!
Former Notre Dame scholarship basketball player Mike Broghammer -- won his semi-final fight, this evening, in the heavyweight division of the BENGAL BOUTS. Broghammer -- who joined the Notre Dame Boxing Club when a chronic injury would not allow him to continue playing basketball for the IRISH -- won a 2nd round TKO over Sean "Too Tall" Lischke - a grad student here at ND -- to advance to Friday night's finals at Purcell Pavilion.
Notre Dame head basketball coach Mike Brey was in attendance along with a number of his former teammates -- you'll see how excited Coach Brey gets when Broghammer knocked down Lischke for the first time in the 2nd round.
Here's the first knockdown -- Broghammer in blue trunks:
Here's the second knockdown:
Notre Dame head basketball coach Mike Brey was in attendance along with a number of his former teammates -- you'll see how excited Coach Brey gets when Broghammer knocked down Lischke for the first time in the 2nd round.
Here's the first knockdown -- Broghammer in blue trunks:
Here's the second knockdown:
Fr. Pete McCormick -- Notre Dame Priest
He's a Holy Cross Priest, Rector of Keough Hall and Chaplain for Notre Dame men's basketball team. You'll enjoy his story.
Ironically, Fr. Pete was in my office this afternoon for a meeting...
LINK: NOTRE DAME'S FR. PETE
Ironically, Fr. Pete was in my office this afternoon for a meeting...
LINK: NOTRE DAME'S FR. PETE
Notre Dame Gets Some "Pub" in Adidas Spot
Adidas just released a new TV spot featuring the Washington Redskin's RGIII -- and, they threw some love to Notre Dame as well...
LINK: ADIDAS NEW TV SPOT
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